If you're a bird, I'm a bird

No, I'm not pregnant. I've heard that quote said before. Supposedly, once you get rid of all your baby stuff, you end up pregnant, like you jinxed yourself. I am not 100% sure we won't have more children, but I do know that I have a lot of clothes that do not fit the children that I do have. It is starting to pile up. I gave away the boy clothes 0-18 months recently to my nephew and a lady friend in our church having her 7th. Of course, Grey is growing like a weed and too tall for 6 months. We've been blessed with grandparents that go on clothing shopping sprees. That is the only time our children get new clothes. Everything we buy comes from flea markets or consignment stores (or given to us by cousins). I mean, how long do they actually wear the clothes? A few months, sometimes 2-3 times before it is too small or the season is wrong. When we lived in Athens, we shopped at reBlossom Mama and Baby Shop when we needed bigger pajamas or shoes and seasonal clothes. ...

Our birth photographer owns a mama and baby consignment store in Athens. She wrote the following in her newsletter to her clients about Grey's birth: Dear friends, There are very few things in life that seem perfect. But on Saturday, June 22 nd , I witnessed one. I was invited to photograph a birth, a very special birth planned at home as a VBAC: vaginal birth after Cesarean. At 8:42 p.m. , after putting my girls down and getting in my jammies, I received a text from Rebekah: “Water broke, everyone is on their way to the house.” Oh, my goodness!!! I turned to Danny, asked for permission to escape the house, threw on clothes (what do you wear to a birth?) and grabbed camera equipment. I was nervous. I said a little prayer everything would be just fine for the mama and the baby in her belly. And it was… picture-perfect . I saw the midwives of Morning Glory Childbirth Services listening to the baby’s heartbeat, using their wristwatches to count the beats and brewing coffe...